Here, G. Douglas Atkins offers a fresh new reading of the past century's most famous poem in English, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922). Using a comparatist approach that is both intra-textual and inter-textual, this book is a bold analysis of satire of modern forms of misunderstanding.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: G. AtkinsEAN: 9781137375742COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 264 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2013-08-29CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th CenturyWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets
"Riddled with such dense and literary food for thought in its entirety, T. S. Eliot and the Failure to Connect is an exceptional book in that it really does hone in on the subject matter of its title. I've read a number of books on literary criticism that pertain to do the same, yet do everything BUT. To be sure, having reached the end of the book, I almost felt compelled to start reading it all over again; and there really aren't that many books within the genre I can say that about. Indeed, if you like T. S. Eliot, or are in anyway (still) perplexed with regards the complex, albeit sublime The Waste Land, then this book comes highly, highly recommended." - David Marx
G. Douglas Atkins is a Professor of English at the University of Kansas, USA. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Reading T.S. Eliot: 'Four Quartets' and the Journey Towards Understanding; T.S. Eliot and the Essay; On the Familiar Essay; Challenging Academic Orthodoxies; Literary Paths to Religious Understanding: Essays on Dryden, Pope, Keats, George Eliot, Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and E.B. White; and Swift's Satires on Modernism. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including NEH, the Mellon Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies; has received several awards for teaching; and was the winner of the Kenyon Review's prize for literary excellence in nonfiction prose.
Here, G. Douglas Atkins offers a fresh new reading of the past century's most famous poem in English, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922). Using a comparatist approach that is both intra-textual and inter-textual, this book is a bold analysis of satire of modern forms of misunderstanding.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: G. AtkinsEAN: 9781137375742COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 264 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2013-08-29CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th CenturyWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets
G. Douglas Atkins is a Professor of English at the University of Kansas, USA. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Reading T.S. Eliot: 'Four Quartets' and the Journey Towards Understanding; T.S. Eliot and the Essay; On the Familiar Essay; Challenging Academic Orthodoxies; Literary Paths to Religious Understanding: Essays on Dryden, Pope, Keats, George Eliot, Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and E.B. White; and Swift's Satires on Modernism. He is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including NEH, the Mellon Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies; has received several awards for teaching; and was the winner of the Kenyon Review's prize for literary excellence in nonfiction prose.
